"They put leftover vegetables (sometimes stale)
and finish off their supplies to make Mixed Veg Curry."

And the conversation went on like that.

In a parallel development, India Inc. witnessed
the rise of alternate politics in the form of "Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP)" which had started with the agenda of cleansing politics from
corruption and have in place a strong mechanism to punish the corrupt
government officials and politicians who are often found swirling
money off the public coffers for their personal gains taking
advantage of the office.

As a social issue, corruption is a very old one
and there's reasonable reason amongst people to support a political
platform to address it and even then AAP was finding it tough to rise
solely on corruption agenda. And hence, AAP resorted to feminism and
played the gender card.

In the aftermath of December 2012 incident of
Delhi gang rape, Kejriwal saw opportunity and indulged in spreading
widespread hatred about men in the society. He also promised that if
voted to power, he will hang the rapists in 10 days. Media and
society made him instant hero with such tall promises and Kejriwal
became a name to reckon with and AAP had become a firebrand role
model of alternate politics. That was 2012.

Flash-forward to 2016 and below is the condition
of our revered platform of alternate politics:

1. Ex-Law Minister of AAP, Somnath Bharti was
accused of Domestic Violence by his wife and that he influenced his
pet dog to attack her.

2. AAP Minister for Women & Child Development
caught in a sex scandal and subsequently a rape complaint was filed
against him as the woman withdrew her consent.

3. AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was booked by his
brother-in-law's wife alleging that he forced her to sleep with him
and was booked under sections 509 (Indecent behavior with a woman),
354 (Molestation of a woman) & 498A (Dowry harassment).

While there are many other AAP MLAs and ministers
facing various charges of corruption, vandalism and assault, the
above three stand apart because AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal had
gained a lot of popularity by resorting to misandry (male hatred) and
today, his own men are facing serious cases under various gender
laws.

It is pertinent to note that most of the AAP MLAs
and ministers were common citizens prior to joining AAP and the
argument of Kejriwal was that it's only the politicians who are
corrupt and not the common citizens. Then, why is it that today that
most of his men are facing various criminal charges including
corruption, assault and gender laws?

Why are the AAP people now facing a tarnished
image? Is it because they are really corrupt or is it a systemic
onslaught on them because they dared to challenge the existing power
systems; remains a debatable topic, but the gender cases on AAP
ministers are surely debatable, much as the same way, they are
debatable when a common man is trapped in the gender laws, but as far
as corruption and assault cases are concerned, enough evidence has
surfaced about AAP members being directly involved in it.

And since I vouch for men's rights and one of my
pet peeves is that men are easy targets of false accusations of
harassing a woman, be it dowry, rape or molestation, I ought to be
sympathetic towards the 3 men - Somnath Bharti, Sandeep Kumar and
Amanutallah Khan, but I am not.

And that's got nothing to do with the fact
whether their cases are true or false. The reason I am apathetic
towards them is, because the condemnation that they are facing owing
to the cases and the harm that has been caused to their political
career and the beating that Kejriwal's and AAP's image has taken
place due to these cases, serves them right.

It's the price they all are paying now for
engaging in spreading male hatred, endangering the lives of millions
of men with their false propaganda and using the same to catapult
their political careers. The message is loud and clear - if you work
against men, you will not succeed.

Today, we see that in Delhi, men are paying huge
maintenances, they are being extorted during bail proceedings and are
being forced to pay huge amount of money (Running in millions) to
their wives during bail proceedings of dowry cases.

Also, the famous CAW - Crime Against Women - cells
of Delhi are used like sleeper cells of legal terrorism against men
wherein men are routinely threatened, abused and sometimes beaten
also so that they can be coaxed or coerced into unfavorable
settlements in marital disputes.

The scales of justice are compensating now. And
the message is not only to Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, but through their
example, the message is to society at large - if you indulge in male
bashing, you are moving back in times. Still, if the society does not
get the message, little can be done.

And this message is for men too.

1. Do not judge fellow men,

2. Do not humiliate them just to show that
you are a cool dude and

3. Give space to a man when he is talking
about his troubles and issues.

Just like corruption, bias against men needs to be
weeded out from grass root levels. Do not fall for tall promises of
hanging a rapist within 10 days, etc. otherwise, we will end up with
Mixed Veg Curries like AAP in the name of alternate politics wherein
the leftovers of mainstream politics will form a team and perpetuate
more harm to the society.

Disclaimer: I am neither a Bhakt nor a BJP supporter and I
despise Congress to the core

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About The Author

Virag R Dhulia, a software professional, has been a prominent men's rights activist. He has been engaged in creating awareness about the abuse of men and their families through anti-male and gender biased laws like Section 498A, Domestic Violence Act etc. He has been instrumental in networking with fellow men's rights activist both across India and abroad and has played key roles in organizing events to create awareness about abuse of men by the society. A book titled, 'The Secrets of Manhood' authored by Virag has been published. This book is a collection of short articles which focus on issues and problems faced by men and how men are victims of social stereotypes.